VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE

Evening Star, Issue 4086, 31 March 1876, Page 2

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE

.Atthe inrooj^on,atthe afternoon of theC&dete attending the vanottsfelAlio schools in Dunedin there were preseatfAjfjn.j, School Artillery, onheapfain. tinfl tMn>y-tw6 ; Bifle Company, f dhejcapthin, onoitteutenlilWfonr Fourth 1 cadets; Middle District School,^'ofie'°BCnteaat Owntetiu - tnpt School, one* captain and ' ~fliTrfar»ufa cadets. Total, "StiST. ThfiMiddle North : District Schools were hot armed ; the others-Ware. Reporting oh his - inspection, • Aotmg&WKfant Douglas says"Considering the. short timetome of these, oomptfaies have beenenrolled,, and Ane extreme youth of many^of!lbe members,;it fasnrprising the. efflpienoy 'to ' TrfnbhteeyhhVe attained, and great Credit is die toSergeant-Msijbi; Stevens and the officers Who' cohunsoiid them for thMr larofieienoyv There is, however.one fault I WonlAdeslre ‘ to bring tinder notice, and that is aninnstead^ieas tn companies are addicted to it more or less; with adults the practice is not easily Tnokenott.bnt with l&ds. it care is cad readilV'Wrihqjkcd, and muon more 1 steady marching wul ibe xe»suit. There isone other inatter which my dute. to bring under, notice >in connection with the'Cadefa, and that itT the .expediency of making BomC toovislbn for eStahlishink an armory in connection With each sfibodlffanere after drill the arms can be deposited bndftft in charge of the teachers. There ia no -doubt, that unless that is done some serious, accident wSlbap. pen./ The majority are tooyonngto betrusteowith such, dangerous weapons "BXceptunder the eye of a master Or dttfl inatrnofor.s Sergeant-Major Stevens suggested that one drill-hour in each month be eet apartfor cleaning arms; this wasthe onlydificuliy that presented itseli tome. Ihavebeon-le&tqnnßke teeseresmiksfromaoonyecßatton IhadattnCpaxade ' withrthe/Beoter of. the Sigh School, Mt'-'Hilrrie, who while CxtTeihely nuzions to promote (he Volunteer Qidet'movement to the utmost of his power Is equally desirous of doing so with the leastponible risk to the lives Of his pnpiis eind the geU&ffpuhlio.’’ f| : Bub.-Lieut. Grant, D.N.B.y has been - appointed acting-adjutant for aejrt;mont4u ~ .. > >

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